A report released Thursday finds that New York City had 40,340 full-time designers in 2013, compared to 38,340 designers in 2010 and only 23,143 in 2000.

There were 40,340 full-time design jobs in New York City at the end of 2013, 65% more than the next largest metro area.

New York City is stylin'. Literally.

A report released Thursday by the Center for an Urban Future finds that the city has become far and away the nation’s design capital, boasting 40,340 full-time design jobs at the end of 2013, 65% more than the next largest metro area, Los Angeles, which had 24,460.

Referring to the economic impact of design jobs on the local economy as "one of the city's most important and under-appreciated," the report goes on to provide a rather broad definition of full-time design employment. According to the study, anyone who works full-time in any design role is counted, regardless of whether they are a fashion designer, work at an architecture firm or design financial-services company brochures.

Nonetheless, the growth in Big Apple-based design employment is staggering and widespread across the five boroughs. Since 2000, the report finds, the number of designers across New York City increased by 74%, and since 2003 that rate has been 23%.

In the last two years alone, the number of design firms operating in the city has grown by 10%. The city is now home to 3,884 firms, while Los Angeles hosts 2,731 and Chicago has 2,358. Manhattan remains the design capital of the world, with 2,989 firms employing 21,684 people, the most dramatic growth in design firms is being seen in the outer boroughs.

Between 2003 and 2012, Manhattan added new firms at a rate of 6%. In Queens, that number was 45%, while Brooklyn saw a dizzying 101% increase in design firms.

The Center for an Urban Future chose to release the report Thursday in order to highlight the second annual NYCxDesign festival, which starts May 9 and runs through May 20.